Good food writing is rarely just about food; it’s about people, places, the way we live, the meat and bones of who we are. In this productive, hands-on workshop, author Molly Wizenberg focuses on the craft and art of narrative food writing, guiding participants as we explore how sensory details of food can help us unlock our most fertile memories.

Cooking, eating, sharing food—from these seemingly mundane acts of daily life, we can return through language to past versions of ourselves: experiences we thought we'd forgotten, the thing our father said, the way a lover looked at us. We study works by Nigel Slater, Laurie Colwin, M. F. K. Fisher, Diana Abu-Jaber, and Gabrielle Hamilton, evaluating the ways in which each memoirist uses food as a storytelling tool, whether a crowbar or an anchor.

We take a field trip to the amazing Santa Fe Farmers’ Market, as well as create breathing room for longer writing exercises and feedback. Finally, we pick up the narrative tools ourselves, prying open life's most ordinary and extraordinary moments to reveal the stories that only we can tell.

Add on-campus housing Sunday through Thursday nights! A single room with private bath is $415 (twin bed) or $465 (queen bed) for five nights. Or share a double room with private bath, with a friend for $315 per person for five nights. Rooms are limited so we recommend that you reserve early.

TUITION INFO:

Tuition includes a meal plan of breakfast, lunch, coffee and snacks Monday-Thursday, and closing dinner on Thursday evening. Friday breakfast is included for those staying in campus housing.

Molly Wizenberg is the author of the James Beard Award–winning blog Orangette and two New York Times bestselling books, A Homemade Life and Delancey. She has written for publications including Bon Appetit, The Washington Post, The Art of Eating, and Cherry Bombe, among others. She also co-hosts (with Matthew Amster-Burton) the hit food-and-comedy podcast Spilled Milk. Molly lives in Seattle, where she co-founded (with chef Brandon Pettit) the restaurants Delancey and Essex. She's currently at work on her third book, to be published in 2020. Her website is www.orangette.net.